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M22

M22: Disorder of patella

Non-billable headerICD-10-CM

M22 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for disorder of patella. It cannot be billed on its own: choose one of the more specific child codes below.

Excludes2: not included here, but may coexist

The excluded condition is not part of this code, but a patient can have both. You may code both.

  • traumatic dislocation of patella (S83.0-)

Other codes that can never be billed with M22

Their own Excludes1 notes name this code, so the conflict is not listed above.

Risk adjustment

No CMS-HCC V28 category: this code does not change a RAF score.

Code history

Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.

Code to one of these instead M22

7 child codes. Green means billable.

ICD-10-CMFY2027· effective October 1, 2026

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